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Hystricurus conicus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus conicus was named by Billings (1859). Its type specimen is GSC 516 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hystricurus.

It was recombined as Hystricurus conicus by Raymond (1913) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Hystricurus conicus Raymond
2013Hystricurus conicus Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusHystricurusRaymond 1913
speciesconicus(Billings 1859)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hystricurus conicus Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available